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# bobnew

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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [not able to select the wordpress database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-able-to-select-the-wordpress-database/)
 *  [bobnew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobnew/)
 * (@bobnew)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-able-to-select-the-wordpress-database/#post-322963)
 * I was getting the same message as well.
    For me the fix was to add the user to
   the data base. In the MySQL control page, I ended up doing these steps:
 * – Add the data base
    – Add the user – Add the user to the data base

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